New Anesthetic Agents, Devices and Monitoring Techniques

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• 1. Current concepts in cerebral resuscitation/protection.
• 2. Management of electrolyte abnormalities.
• 3. Anesthetic management of the high risk pregnant patient: preeclampsia and diabetes.
• 4. Anesthesia for cerebral vascular surgery.
• 5. Management of anesthesia in the presence of liver disease.
• 6. Special techniques in neuroanesthesia.
• 7. Changing concepts in preanesthetic medication.
• 8. Calcium channel blockers and anesthesia.
• 9. Comparisons between beta blockers and calcium entry blockers.
• 10. Aspiration in obstetrics: etiology, prevention and treatment.
• 11. New developments in vasodilator therapy.
• 12. Electrostimulation as an adjunct to anesthesia.
• 13. New muscle relaxants.
• 14. New intravenous anesthetic drugs: etomidate and midazolam.
• 15. The new opioids.
• 16. Comparative pharmacology of volatile anesthetics.
• 17. Prevention and treatment of intraoperative myocardial ischemia.
• 18. Toxicity of local anesthetics in the adult, fetus and newborn.
• 19. Anesthesia for cesarean section: regional and general.
• 20. New aspects of nondepolarizing relaxant reversal.
• 21. Buying a monitor.
• 22. When are pulmonary artery catheters indicated in noncardiac surgery?.
• 23. Monitoring the EEG in the operating room.
• 24. Biochemical and biophysical monitoring of the fetus.
• 25. Are inhalation anesthetics better than injectable anesthetics for coronary artery surgery?.
• 26. Continuous infusion of intravenous anesthetics: automated IV anesthesia, a rational method of drug administration.